Articles by Kalem Austin
Bikes
07/03/18
I’ve always thought about getting my Motorcycle Licence but I’ve also always wanted to modify some kind of vehicle, and I’ve always put modifying a car further up my ‘bucket list’ than getting my Motorcycle Licence. Mighty Car Mods uploaded a video onto their second channel a few months ago called ‘The First Ride | Motorcycle Make Over’ and that was when I decided that it was time to do this.
Gaming
14/12/17
4x4 EVO 2 is an open world and track based off-road racing game that came out in 2001, 2002 and 2003 on Windows, Original Xbox, Play station 2, GameCube and Mac OS. It is the worst console game I have ever played and I’ve played those sh!t Hello Kitty games on the Gameboy Advance so that really is saying something. It was developed by Terminal Reality and published by Gathering of Developers (That is actually the name of the company), BAM! Entertainment, Universal Interactive and Aspyr.
Gaming
02/12/17
It has been a while since I’ve done a gaming post, but here is something different. I’ve recently got my original Xbox working and to test it I played Forza Motorsport for about 7 hours. This got me thinking about the differences between the first Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo 4. Why Gran Turismo 4? Both games were made for the same generation of consoles (Sixth Gen) and there’s only about two months between their release dates in Europe. Forza Motorsport was also known as Gran Turismo for Xbox.
Car History
06/11/17
The rover V8 started out in life as an experimental engine made by GM in the early 1950s. The new engine was developed for mid-sized Sedans/wagons. The Buick Small-Block 215 was an all aluminium engine that was lightweight and Powerful (For the the 1960s). A Buick 215 fitted with a Garrett T5 Turbocharger was Installed in the 1962-1963 Oldsmobile Cutlass. It produced 215 bhp and 301 lbf·ft of torque. The cutlass had a 0-60 time of 9.2 seconds and a top speed of 110 mph.
Rally
05/11/17
I wrote the original post when writing articles became available two years ago, I thought that it would be a good idea to write another one but with only £1,000, which is half of the original budget. I’m not including the cost to turn them into rally cars, because it would cost way over £1,000. Every car that I find has have an engine that is 2 litres or smaller, so you won’t find anything like a V6 or V8.
British Cars
25/10/17
I started to write this post almost a year and a half ago and then completely forgot about it, so I thought that it would be a good idea to finish it, because I think that the history of this car is really interesting and not much is known about it. This short post (Because not much is known about this car) is the story of the mid engined sports car made by MG under British Leyland ownership.
Land Rover Forum
24/10/17
In my mission to post something everyday, I thought that I should write more about the Land Rover Freelander, because there was a lot of information about it that didn’t make it into “The History Of Land Rover Part Two”. The reason is that would have made the post way over 1000 word which is too long. So here is the History of the CB40 project in full as I wanted it to be. The History Of Land Rover Part Three is taking longer to write because it’s hard to find information on the development of the newer models.
Land Rover Forum
13/10/17
This post is about the history of Land Rover, from the Series 1 concept in 1947 to the new Land Rover Discovery, Range Rover Velar and it’s also about the future of Land Rover. This is only the first part where I talk about Land Rover’s history from the first Land Rover Prototype in 1947 to 1985 which is the end of the Stage One V8.
Euro
26/09/17
I was looking for something that was stylish which the 75 Tourer is. Some Italian company voted the 75 the most stylish car of the 20th century, and the Italians know a thing or two about style. I want to find something that is practical, which estates/wagons are. Price for insurance in the UK is higher than Charlie Sheen, so I’ve gone for a 1.8. There are two bonuses. It’s luxurious and it’s a manual.
Gaming
17/04/17
Gran Turismo Concept came out on the Playstation 2 in 2002. It was Developed by Polyphony Digital and Published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It’s one of Polyphony Digital’s spin-off GT games which are released to mainly show what can happen in the main games.
Gaming
25/02/17
My summer car is an open world survival game that was developed by Amistech and was released on Steam as early access in 2016. I wouldn’t normally review a survival game, but My Summer Car is different. I will go more into that. You’ve got to build and upgrade your car whilst trying to make money by delivering fire wood using a tractor and cleaning out people’s septic tanks using a vacuum truck. You have to eat, sleep and drink to stay alive. Seeing as it’s a survival game, there is a “predator”, A Fiat/SEAT 133 driver that races on the dirt roads as if he’s Tommi Mäkinen.
Gaming
19/02/17
Forza Motorsport 2 is a circuit based racing game. It was developed by Turn 10 studios for the Xbox 360 and came out in 2007.
Gaming
19/02/17
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec is a circuit based racing game. It was developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Playstation 2 and came out in 2001.
Gaming
31/01/17
For those who didn’t know. Test Drive Unlimited is making a comeback. Test Drive Unlimited 3 isn’t going to be made by Atari because of Atari’s money problems, but a company has bought the rights to the game and all it’s assets such as the models in the first two games. Here is my prediction and wishlist for the new game.
Gaming
23/01/17
Enthusia: Professional Racing is a track based racing game that came out in 2005 on the Playstation 2. It was developed and published by Konami. At first this game seems like another Gran turismo copy with some kind of twist to make it completely different. I can’t figure out what that twist is, so let’s find out. I’m going to start with the opening video. I don’t usually do this, but it’s Awesome, weird and overly dramatic all at once, and that makes it very interesting. Also I quite like the song that’s used in the video
Gaming
19/09/16
Street Legal Racing : Redline is a street racing game made by Invictus Games in 2003. It is one of the most frustrating games that I have ever played. The game doesn’t have licensed cars, but it does have cars that look very similar to what they’re based on (e.g. The Einvagen is based on a Volkswagen Golf MK III). Although you can’t get licensed cars, this game does have a huge mod community, and you can get all kinds of cars such as a Jaguar MK II.
Gaming
13/09/16
Test Drive Unlimited 2 is an open world racing game set on the island of Ibiza and the island of Oahu. It was developed by Eden Games and published by Atari. It was released is 2011, somewhat 5 years after the first Test Drive Unlimited. So, you might be wondering if those 5 years of development has made it better than Forza Horizon. Well… No, because when this game was in development, Atari was running out of money and almost went bankrupt, So I think this game is a bit unfinished, but here’s a review of what they did get finished.
Opinion
09/09/16
A few days ago, Alex post something telling CTzens to find a car for under £200. I found a Ford Mondeo estate/wagon for £199, which in my opinion was the best car that anyone had found. I think he’s chosen a mid 90s Proton, for some reason. Anyway my awesome finding gave me an idea to make a Ford mondeo ‘Super’ wagon for a 3rd price of a base model 4th Mondeo, which is £22,315 (according to Google). So that’s £7438 to play with. The car that I found I chose this car for three reasons. 1) Its a Ford. 2) Its was made after 2000. 3) It’s very cheap.